Ezra 4
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Ezra 4:7-9

7And in the daysH3117 of 1ArtaxerxesH783, BishlamH1312, MithredathH4990, TabeelH2870, and the restH7605 of his colleaguesH3674 wroteH3789 to ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539; and the 2textH3791 of the letterH5406 was writtenH3789 in AramaicH762 and translatedH8638 3from AramaicH762.

84RehumH7348 the commanderH1169H2942 and ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613 wroteH3790 a letterH104 againstH5922 JerusalemH3390 to KingH4430 ArtaxerxesH783, as followsH3660--

95RehumH7348 the commanderH1169H2942, ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613, and 6the restH7606 of their colleaguesH3675, the judgesH1784 and 7the lesserH671 governorsH671, the officialsH2967, the secretariesH670, the menH756 ofH756 ErechH756, the BabyloniansH896, the menH7801 ofH7801 SusaH7801, that is, the ElamitesH5962,

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 4:7 Heb Artah-shashta ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 4:7 Lit writing ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 4:7 2 Kin 18:26; Dan 2:4 ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 4:8 Chs 4:8-6:18 are in Aram ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 4:9 Uncertain, MT Then Rehum ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 4:9 2 Kin 17:24 ↩
  7. 7. Ezra 4:9 Ezra 5:6; 6:6 ↩

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